EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Dendrites are extensions, or processes, of the cytoplasm that carry impulses to the cell body. An extension or process called an axon carries impulses away from the cell body.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus in neurons, the part that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body and towards other cells is the dendrite.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cell body (soma)-the part of the cell that contains the nucleus. Axon-the extension from the neuron cell body that takes information away from the cell body. A single axon projects out of the cell body. Axon terminal-end part of an axon that makes a synaptic contact with another cell.

Detailed explanation-4: -axon, also called nerve fibre, portion of a nerve cell (neuron) that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body. A neuron typically has one axon that connects it with other neurons or with muscle or gland cells. Some axons may be quite long, reaching, for example, from the spinal cord down to a toe.

Detailed explanation-5: -An axon typically develops side branches called axon collaterals, so that one neuron can send information to several others. These collaterals, just like the roots of a tree, split into smaller extensions called terminal branches. Each of these has a synaptic terminal on the tip.